Pisometacarpal ligament

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Ligament: Pisometacarpal ligament
Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Pisometacarpal labeled at right, second from bottom.)
Latin	ligamentum pisometacarpeum
Gray's	subject #87 329
From	pisiform
To	fifth metacarpal
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12492820

The pisometacarpal ligament joins the pisiform to the base of the fifth metacarpal bone.

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v • d • e Joints and ligaments of upper limbs Shoulder sternoclavicular: anterior sternoclavicular - posterior sternoclavicular - interclavicular - costoclavicular acromioclavicular: acromioclavicular - coracoclavicular (trapezoid, conoid) - coracoacromial - superior transverse scapular - inferior transverse of scapula glenohumeral: coracohumeral - glenohumeral (superior, middle, and inferior) - transverse humeral - glenoid labrum Elbow humeroradial: radial collateral humeroulnar: ulnar collateral proximal radioulnar: annular - oblique cord Forearm distal radioulnar: volar radioulnar - dorsal radioulnar wrist/radiocarpal: palmar radiocarpal - dorsal radiocarpal - palmar ulnocarpal - ulnar collateral - radial collateral Hand intercarpal, midcarpal: pisohamate - scapholunate carpometacarpal: dorsal carpometacarpal - palmar carpometacarpal (pisometacarpal) intermetacarpal: deep transverse metacarpal - superficial transverse metacarpal metacarpophalangeal: palmar - collateral interphalangeal: palmar - collateral